(This is just a basic chord progression. An advanced players can spice it up by adding melodic bass passages,)
(such as runs or alternating bass lines. A detailed explanation on it is at the bottom.)
(The original key is C. But it's easier to utilize the open strings when played in A with a capo on the 3rd.)
(Here are the simple chord voicings)
[Chorus chords]
[A] [G] [D]
e|--0--|--3--|--2--|
B|--2--|--0--|--3--|
G|--2--|--0--|--2--|
D|--2--|--0--|--0--|
A|--0--|--2--|-----|
E|-----|--3--|-----|
[Verse chords]
[E] [D] [Asus4] [A]
e|--0--|--2--|--0--|--0--|
B|--0--|--3--|--3--|--2--|
G|--1--|--2--|--2--|--2--|
D|--2--|--0--|--2--|--2--|
A|--2--|-----|--0--|--0--|
E|--0--|-----|-----|-----|
[Pre-chorus chords]
[Am] [Ammaj7] [Am7] [D]
e|--0--|--0--|--0--|--2--|
B|--1--|--1--|--1--|--3--|
G|--2--|--1--|--0--|--2--|
D|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|
A|--0--|--0--|--0--|-----|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
Chorus 0
[A] [G]
I won't let you down
[D]
I will not give you up
[A]
Gotta have some faith in the sound
[A]
It's the one good thing that I've got
[G]
I won't let you down
[D]
So please don't give me up
[A]
Because I would really, really love to stick around, oh yeah!
Interlude
[A] [G] [D] [A]
Verse 1
[E] [D]
Heaven knows I was just a young boy
[Asus4] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Didn't know what I wanted to be (Didn't know what I wanted to be)
[E] [D]
I was every little hungry schoolgirls pride and joy
[Asus4] [A] [Asus4] [A]
And I guess it was enough for me (And I guess it was enough for me)
[E] [D]
To win the race? A prettier face! Brand new clothes and a big fat place
[Asus4] [A] [Asus4] [A]
On your rock and roll tv (rock and roll tv)
[E] [D]
But today the way I play the game is not the same. No way!
[Asus4] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Think I'm gonna get me some happy
Pre-Chorus
[Am]
I think there's something you should know
[Ammaj7]
I think it's time I told you so
[Am7]
There's something deep inside of me
[D]
There's someone else I've got to be
[Am]
Take back your picture in a frame
[Ammaj7]
Take back your singing in the rain
[Am7]
I just hope you understand
[D]
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
Chorus 1
[A] [G]
All we have to do now
[D] [A]
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
[A] [G]
All we have to see
[D]
Is that I don't belong to you
[A]
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah
[A]
(Freedom) I won't let you down
[G]
(Freedom) I will not give you up
[D]
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in the sound
[A]
(You've gotta give for what you take) It's the one good thing that I've got
[A]
(Freedom) I won't let you down
[G]
(Freedom) So please don't give me up
[D]
(Freedom) Because I would really, really love)
[A]
(You've gotta give for what you take) to stick around
verse 2
[E] [D]
Heaven knows we sure had some fun boy
[Asus4] [A] [Asus4] [A]
What a kick, just a buddy and me (What a kick, just a buddy and me)
[E] [D]
We had every big-shot goodtime band on the run boy
[Asus4] [A] [Asus4] [A]
We were living in a fantasy (We were living in a fantasy)
[E] [D]
We won the race. Got out of the place. I went back home, got a brand new face
[Asus4] [A] [Asus4] [A]
For the boys on MTV (boys on MTV)
[E] [D]
But today the way I play the game has got to change, oh yeah (oh yeah)
[Asus4] [A] [Asus4] [A]
Now I'm gonna get myself happy
Pre-Chorus
[Am]
I think there's something you should know
[Ammaj7]
I think it's time I told you so
[Am7]
There's something deep inside of me
[D]
There's someone else I've got to be
[Am]
Take back your picture in a frame
[Ammaj7]
Take back your singing in the rain
[Am7]
I just hope you understand
[D]
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
Chorus 1
[A] [G]
All we have to do now
[D] [A]
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
[A] [G]
All we have to see
[D]
Is that I don't belong to you
[A]
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah
[A]
(Freedom) I won't let you down
[G]
(Freedom) I will not give you up
[D]
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in the sound
[A]
(You've gotta give for what you take) It's the one good thing that I've got
[A]
(Freedom) I won't let you down
[G]
(Freedom) So please don't give me up
[D]
(Freedom) Because I would really, really love)
[A]
(You've gotta give for what you take) to stick around
Interlude
(Actually this part is Am-Am-Am-D. But when played acoustic, it flows better and feels less boring)
(to employ the pre-chorus chord pattern. And feel free to play just 4 bars without repeating.)
[Am] [Ammaj7] [Am7] [D]
(x2)
Pre-chorus
[Am]
Well it looks like the road to heaven
[Ammaj7]
But it feels like the road to hell
[Am7]
When I knew which side my bread was buttered
[D]
I took the knife as well
[Am]
Posing for another picture
[Ammaj7]
Everybody's got to sell
[Am7]
But when you shake your ass
[Am7]
They notice fast
[D]
And some mistakes were build to last
[Am]
(That's what you get) That's what you get
[Ammaj7]
(That's what you get) I say that's what you get
[Am7]
(That's what you get for changing your mind)
[D]
That's what you get for changing your mind
[Am]
(That's what you get)
[Ammaj7]
(That's what you get) And after all this time
[Am7]
(I just hope you understand)
[D]
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
Chorus 3
[A] [G]
(All we have to do now) oh hey and
[D] [A]
Is take these lies and make them true somehow
[A] [G]
All we have to see
[D]
Is that I don't belong to you
[A]
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah
[A]
Freedom
[G]
Oh freedom
[D]
My freedom
[A]
You've gotta give for what you take
[A]
Freedom
[G]
Hold on to my freedom
[D]
My freedom
[A]
(You've gotta give for what you take) Give it a what you give it a what
[A]
you take yeah
[G] [D]
yeah
[A]
Yeah you gotta give it a what you give it a what you give
[A]
May not be what you want from me
[G]
Just the way it's got to be
[D]
Lose the face now
[A]
I've got to live I've got to live I've got to live
(fade out)
(End of song)
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(The chorus part uses alternating bass patterns heavily. Just incorporate these in your play.)
(This line is syncopated. Please refer to the stroke patterns and the actual song for the rhythm.)
[Chorus pattern]
e|---0---0---0---0-x-x-|---3---3---3---3-x-x-|---2---2---2---2-x-x-|-----0---0---0-x-x-|
B|---2---2---2---2-x-x-|---0---0---0---0-x-x-|---3---3---3---3-x-x-|-----2---2---2-x-x-|
G|---2---2---2---2-x-x-|---0---0---0---0-x-x-|---2---2---2---2-x-x-|-----2---2---2-x-x-|
D|---2---2---2---2-x-x-|---0---0---0---0-x-x-|---0---0---0---0-x-x-|-----2---2---2-x-x-|
A|---0---0---0---0-x-x-|---2---2---2---2-x-x-|-4---4---4---4-------|-----0---0---0-x-x-|
E|-3---3---3---3-------|-2-3-2-3-2-3-2-3-----|---------------------|-3-3---3---3-------|
= - = - = - = - - - = - = - = - = - - - = - = - = - = - - - - - - = - = - - -
(=:16th, -:8th)
[Verse bar 3 & 4 Asus4-A pattern]
e|-0--0--0--0--0--0--| |-x---x---x--x--x--x-x-|
B|-3--3--2--2--2--2--| |-2h3-2h3-2--2--2--x-x-|
G|-2--2--2--2--2--2--| or |-2---2---2--2--2--x-x-|
D|-2--2--2--2--2--2--| |-2---2---2--2--2--x-x-|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--| |-0---0---0--0--0--x-x-|
E|-------------------| |----------------------|
-. -. 1 - - - -. -. 1 - - = =
(-.:8th and half, 1:4th, -:8th, =:16th)
